University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Program User Guide
This guide provides you with documentation, reference guides, and direct links that answer common admissions questions about the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Applicant Portal, Configuration Portal, and Outcomes. It also contains resources that may help you work more efficiently throughout your admissions process. If you have additional questions or need further assistance, please contact a member of your account team.
Cycle Timeframes
Applicant Portal
The Applicant Portal opens in early September and closes in early June, over a 21-month period. You can view the specific cycle dates, including final processing dates (e.g., last date to request letters of recommendation, etc.), on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Application Cycle Dates page.
Configuration Portal
Between early February and late August, configurations are entered into the prelaunch environment. The account team and University of Hawaiʻi review submitted configurations in July.
Outcomes
You can view new applicants in early September.
Program Participation Requirements
University of Hawaiʻi requires all programs to designate two contacts at your institution who will receive all communication from University of Hawaiʻi, including the configuration, application, and Outcomes launch notifications.
Applicant Portal
The first three sections of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division application (i.e., Personal Information, Academic History, and Supporting Information) compose the core application. They contain questions that are commonly asked of applicants across all participating programs, such as an applicant's biographic information, standardized test scores, and experiences. The fourth section of the application is Program Materials, which is customized by you through the Configuration Portal (discussed in the next section).
You can access the 2023-2024 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division application, the 2024-2025 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division application, and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Applicant Help Center to review the applicant experience. You can also create a test application in the Applicant Portal; we recommend creating a new account and adding "test" to your name (e.g., TestJohn TestDoe).
For a general overview of the applicant experience, review the following documents:
- Applicant Processing Reference Guide: learn how applicants move through the application and Liaison processes applicant materials, such as transcripts and official test scores.
- Application Coupons Reference Guide: learn how to request coupons to offset application fees and disperse them to applicants.
- Application Statuses Reference Guide: review what each application status means and how you can interact with applicants at different stages.
- Review the requirements for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Complete application status.
- Invitation Codes Reference Guide: learn how to offer individual deadline extensions directly to applicants.
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Quick Start Guide and FAQs: a suggested timeline for completing and submitting the application, links to important pages including cycle dates and fees, and a FAQs section.
You can direct any applicant inquiries related to the application to University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Customer Service.
Configuration Portal
Use the Configuration Portal Quick Start Guide to make sure you configure your program(s) efficiently and completely in the prelaunch environment. Be sure to check out your CAS's configuration options and review the best practices found throughout. If any optional sections of the application are required for your program (e.g., experiences, test scores, etc.), you'll want to note this on your program home page.
Once you've configured your program, you'll need to have it approved by the account team and University of Hawaiʻi before it is available to applicants. If your program is reviewed after the cycle launches, the University of Hawaiʻi will approve it.
Liaison Outcomes
Review the Liaison Outcomes Help Center for any questions related to working in Outcomes.
The Release Notes feature new enhancements in Outcomes, in addition to upcoming training opportunities. Additionally, you can view the Release Notes for the Applicant Portal and Configuration Portal.
For any questions, contact the Client Support Specialist Team.
Cycle Enhancements
2024-2025
The table below contains enhancements for University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division for the cycle timeframes noted at the top of this page. Note that some sections have multiple enhancements. If an action is required by participating programs to use the enhancement, click the links under Enhancement Details to learn more. Additional enhancements may have been automatically released; review the Release Notes to learn more.
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Portal |
Section |
Enhancement Details |
Implementation |
Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Applicant Portal |
Applicant Help Center |
The full text of the CAS Release Statement was removed from the Applicant Help Center and replaced with a link to a copy of the release statement. This ensures that applicants can view the most accurate and up-to-date version of the release statement. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Applicant Portal |
Reapplying |
First cycle with reapplicants. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Applicant Portal |
Personal Information – Biographic Information |
The Gender Assigned at Birth question was updated to Sex Assigned at Birth. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Applicant Portal |
Academic History – Colleges Attended |
Applicants can now upload unofficial transcripts on the Colleges Attended page. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Applicant Portal |
Supporting Information |
New Documents and Questions sections were added. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Applicant Portal |
Program Materials – Documents |
Applicants can now upload program-level documents in the Program Materials section. The Required and Optional document headers were removed to reduce applicant confusion on document requirements before and after submission. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Applicant Portal |
Program Materials – Recommendations |
Applicants can now request program-level recommendations in the Program Materials section. Additionally, applicants can create a custom recommender pool, where they enter a recommender’s information once and then select the recommender for any programs that they apply to. This enhancement alleviates the applicant burden of entering recommender information for every program and speeds up the application process. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Liaison Letters |
Account |
Evaluators can now submit their evaluations as a guest, without creating a Liaison Letters account. Guest users can create an account at any time while working in Liaison Letters, and evaluators who already have an account can also complete an evaluation as a guest. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Liaison Letters |
Recommendations |
Recommenders can automatically reuse a completed recommendation for an applicant who requests they complete additional recommendations that are the same recommendation type as the original (e.g., academic, personal, etc.). Once activated by the recommender, any time the same applicant requests the same recommendation type, the system will automatically complete the recommendation and submit it. Recommenders will receive an email every Friday that records if the recommendation has been reused, and if so, for which programs. This feature can be turned off at any time by the recommender. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Configuration Portal |
Question Rules |
The Change Deadline and Program Availability rules can now be built at the organization level, meaning that they can be applied to some or all programs under an organization. |
Action required by participating programs choosing to use this enhancement. |
Available now |
2023-2024
The table below contains enhancements for University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division for the cycle timeframes noted at the top of this page. Note that some sections have multiple enhancements. If an action is required by participating programs to use the enhancement, click the links under Enhancement Details to learn more. Additional enhancements may have been automatically released; review the Release Notes to learn more.
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Portal |
Section |
Enhancement Details |
Implementation |
Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Applicant Portal |
All |
First cycle with Liaison. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |
|
Configuration Portal |
All |
First cycle with the Configuration Portal. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available now |
|
Liaison Outcomes |
All |
First cycle with Liaison Outcomes. |
No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement. |
Available at cycle launch |